U.S. Air Force Academy Selects TechSmith's Morae as Foundation for All-Digital Software-Usability Testing Lab.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004 Morae Saves Academy's Department of Behavioral Sciences behavioral sciences, n.pl those sciences devoted to the study of human and animal behavior. and Leadership $20,000 Compared to Traditional Offerings, Eliminates Six Months of Development Time TechSmith Corp., the world's leading provider of screen capture and recording solutions, today announced that the U.S. Air Force Academy's Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership has selected TechSmith's Morae software as the cornerstone for its state-of-the-art digital usability lab A testing facility for software that deals with its ease of learning and ease of use. See usability. . The announcement was made at the Usability Professionals' Association The Usability Professionals’ Association is a professional association for people interested in usability. According to the UPA web site, The Usability Professionals’ Association supports usability specialists, people from all aspects of human-centered design, annual conference, which runs June 7-11 at the Marriott City Center in Minneapolis. Morae is the first all-digital solution that records and synchronizes user and system data for the analysis of human-computer interaction Human-computer interaction An interdisciplinary field focused on the interactions between human users and computer systems, including the user interface and the underlying processes which produce the interactions. . Morae is now the primary usability testing Usability testing is a means for measuring how well people can use some human-made object (such as a web page, a computer interface, a document, or a device) for its intended purpose, i.e. usability testing measures the usability of the object. software for Air Force cadets majoring in Human Factors and Systems Design, as well as cadets in the new Systems Engineering major. Morae costs approximately $20,000 less than hardware-based recording solutions. And unlike more cumbersome offerings, students and professors are able to become proficient with Morae in a few hours, rather than weeks or months. Powered by TechSmith's patent-pending Rich Recording Technology (RRT RRT Rapid Response Team RRT Registered Respiratory Therapist RRT Renal Replacement Therapy RRT Regional Response Team RRT Right Side (philately) RRT Relative Retention Time RRT Round Robin Test RRT Rating Region Table ), Morae synchronizes real-world actions, such as user speech and facial expressions, with detailed application and computer system data to present usability professionals with a unique view into the way that desktop software, Web sites and e-business applications are seen and experienced. All data and events are saved and indexed automatically and can be searched with ease. "The Air Force Academy's decision to deploy Morae means that cadets will have a flexible solution that supports nearly any research methodology and is suitable for both lab and field work," said Shane Lovellette, Morae Marketing Manager at TechSmith. "We're proud to be associated with such a prestigious institution, and we're confident that Morae will provide the Academy with all the capabilities it requires for software-usability research." System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. and Availability Morae supports Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. XP and Windows 2000. A standard, single license of Morae, including maintenance updates and priority support, has a suggested retail price of $1298. The software can be purchased by calling 800-517-3001. Visit www.techsmith.com for more information. About TechSmith Corporation TechSmith Corporation was founded in 1987 and is located in Okemos, Michigan Okemos (IPA: /ˈoʊkəmɨs/) is an unincorporated community in Meridian Charter Township, Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. . TechSmith provides practical business software tools to capture and manipulate images, voice and video from Windows desktops. The company's flagship software packages, SnagIt and Camtasia Studio  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , enable customers to create visually enhanced content for teaching, training, Web sites, documentation, and business presentations. The company's newest product, Morae, is the first and only all-digital solution for recording and analyzing human-computer interaction. TechSmith products are used by 98 percent of the Fortune 100. For additional information, visit www.techsmith.com. TechSmith, Camtasia, SnagIt, Rich Recording Technology (RRT), Morae, EnSharpen, Dubit, and Camtasia Studio are trademarks of TechSmith Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks used in this document are the property of their respective companies. |
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